Doug Barton wrote: > Tom Hummel wrote: > > alright, it was bash :( stupid shell. > > Um, sorry, let's not blame the shell for the BCK (between chair and > keyboard) problem. Lots of us use bash as our everyday shell (for privileged > and unprivileged users) without the kinds of problems you described. The > first thing I do when I install a new freebsd machine is to change root's > shell to /bin/sh, and copy over my customized .profile which either execs > bash if it finds it, or sets up sh with my aliases, etc.
That's what "su -m" is good for. No need to change root's login shell or to copy anything over. (Actually I even have an alias su="su -m" so it works automagically.) Best regards Oliver (zsh user) -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > Can the denizens of this group enlighten me about what the > advantages of Python are, versus Perl ? "python" is more likely to pass unharmed through your spelling checker than "perl". -- An unknown poster and Fredrik Lundh _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"